Biggest potential surprise<\/p>\n
Kantserov enters training camp with some high expectations. The Blackhawks see him as a top-line wing, and he was expected to play with Bedard before the latter\u2019s injury. The 21-year-old had the best season of his Kontinental Hockey League career last season when he had 64 points (36 goals, 26 assists) in 63 games with Mettalurg. Kantserov doesn\u2019t lack confidence; you notice that from the first moment you talk to him. Adjusting to the North American ice and speed of the NHL game are going to be the two biggest challenges facing him, but Kantserov skated this summer in the New York City area with fellow Russian players and some New York Rangers. If he can adjust quickly, he and the Blackhawks will be in great shape.<\/p>\n
Ready to contribute<\/p>\n
Frondell showed great promise when he made his NHL debut late last season. Now it\u2019s time for him to build on it. The 19-year-old had nine points (three goals, six assists) in 12 games with the Blackhawks after finishing with 28 points (20 goals, eight assists) in 43 games with Djurgardens of the Swedish Hockey League last season. Frondell spent most of last season at right wing, but the Blackhawks want to move him to center. That will benefit their depth and it\u2019s a position he\u2019s played before. Much like Kantserov, Frondell is confident in his abilities. He\u2019s ready to help Chicago on a grander scale.<\/p>\n
Fantasy sleeper with EDGE stats<\/p>\n
Anton Frondell, F: The No. 3 pick in the 2025 NHL Draft had nine points (three goals, six assists), two on the power play, and 36 shots on goal in his first 12 NHL games for Chicago at the end of last season; he became the sixth player since 2015-16 to have at least nine points in his first 12 games as an 18-year-old; the others were Connor McDavid<\/a>, Patrik Laine<\/a>,\u00a0Bedard, Macklin Celebrini<\/a> and Matthew Schaefer<\/a>. Frondell is a fringe top 15 option in keeper and dynasty formats, but could be underestimated in standard, redraft leagues. Per NHL EDGE stats, Frondell ranked highly among forwards in both hardest shot (93.56 mph; 94th percentile) and average shot speed (61.82 mph; 94th percentile) as a rookie last season in a small sample size. And, with a chance to shoulder a heavy workload early in the season during Bedard\u2019s injury absence, Frondell has the ceiling of being a Calder Trophy contender and could be a big fantasy steal in the process (average draft position: 140.4). — Pete Jensen<\/p>\n Projected lineup<\/p>\n Tyler Bertuzzi — Anton Frondell — Roman Kantserov<\/p>\n Nick Lardis — Frank Nazar — Patrick Kane<\/p>\n Ryan Greene — Oliver Moore — Teuvo Teravainen<\/p>\n Jordan Greenway — Ryan Donato — Cole Smith\u00a0<\/p>\n Alex Vlasic — Bowen Byram<\/p>\n Wyatt Kaiser — Artyom Levshunov<\/p>\n Ian Cole — Sam Rinzel<\/p>\n Spencer Knight<\/p>\n Arvid Soderblom<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Biggest potential surprise Kantserov enters training camp with some high expectations. The Blackhawks see him as a top-line…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":847220,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[385,99],"class_list":["post-847219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/847219","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=847219"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/847219\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/847220"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=847219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=847219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=847219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}